How many times we used the word good bye in our life?
What is actually the meaning? Simply this Good bye is short for "God be with you"

(The first known use of the word “goodbye” was recorded in 1573 in a letter by English writer and scholar, Gabriel Harvey,  “Godbwye” is a contraction of the phrase “God be with ye.”)

And that is introduced in the 1st chapter of gospel of Mathew "Immanuel" God with us..
May be you are using the word today good bye in school, office, home, airport, railway station Or where ever it is.... you are saying  "Immanuel" "Jesus be with you today"

He came from heaven and dwelt among us. Jesus Christ is God's " good -bye" gift to you that you might greet each new day with the words... "God be with you".... "Immanuel....."
Blessed day!!!

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“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”Matthew 1:23

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.John 1:14

 

A father and his son set out to chop bunch of Bananas to sell them in the market. The father took the heavier sack on his shoulder and walked.

Prior to that he kept different bunches of Bananas on his son’s shoulder to check which one he could carry.

The father knows exactly what his son could carry. He would not let his son carry on his shoulder even a bit more than that.

Even before we were born, our heavenly Father who knows exactly our frame knows how much we can carry.

That Father is with us. He is faithful. Amen.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

Song (Malayalam Transliteration)

Njaan avanullam kayyilirickayal

Aarumillenicku dosham cheyyuvaan

Ennanicku vannu neridunnathellam

Thanhithamaanennu njaanariyunnu

En thalayile mudikalumellam

Nirnayamava nenni ariyunnu

Onnathil nilathu veenidenamenkil

Unnathanarinje saadhaymaayidu

God's Hands are so BIG!!

 

*Once a six year old girl went to a shop with her mother.The shop keeper looked at the small cute child and showed her a glass bowl with sweets and said “Dear Child. You can take the sweets”. But the child didn’t take any. The shopkeeper was surprised.

He said again, “Take the sweets”. Now, the mother also heard that and said “Take the sweets dear”. Yet she didn’t take it. 

The shopkeeper, seeing the reluctance of the child, took the sweets with his two hands and gave it to the child. The child was extremely happy!

While returning home the Mother asked the child, “Why didn’t you take the sweets, when the shop keeper asked you to take?”

The child replied, “Mom! My hands are very small and if I take the sweets I can only take few..But now you see when uncle gave with his big hands….How many more sweets I got!”

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Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.Ephesians 3:20‭-‬21

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.II Corinthians 9:8

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,Ephesians 1:3

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കൃഷി സ്ഥലത്ത് നിന്ന് വാഴക്കുലകൾ വെട്ടി ചന്തയിൽ വിൽക്കുവാൻ ഒരു അപ്പനും മകനും പുറപ്പെട്ടു. പിതാവ് വലിയ ഭാരമുള്ള ചാക്ക് ചുമലിൽ വെച്ചു നടന്നു.

എന്നാൽ അതിന് മുൻപ് തൻ്റെ മകൻ്റെ തോളിൽ അനേകം വാഴക്കുലകൾ മാറി മാറി വെച്ചു നോക്കി .തൻ്റെ മകന് വഹിക്കുവാൻ കഴിയുന്ന ഒന്ന് അവൻ്റെ ചുമലിൽ വെച്ചു.

പിതാവിന് വ്യക്തമായി അറിയാം തൻ്റെ മകന് എത്രത്തോളം ഭാരം വഹിക്കുവാൻ കഴിയുമെന്ന് .അതിൽ കൂടുതൽ ഒരു ഗ്രാം ഭാരം പിതാവ് അവൻ്റെ ചുമലിൽ വെയ്ക്കു കയില്ല.

നാം ജനിക്കും മുമ്പെ നമ്മെ അറിയുന്ന നമ്മുടെ സൃഷ്ടാവായ സ്വർഗ്ഗീയ പിതാവിന് വ്യക്തമായി അറിയാം നമുക്ക് എത്രത്തോളം ഭാരം വഹിക്കാൻ കഴിയുമെന്ന് .

ആ പിതാവ് നമ്മോട് കൂടെയുണ്ട്. അവിടുന്ന് വിശ്വസ്തനാണ് .ആമേൻ

സാധാരണ ജനങ്ങൾക്ക് ഉണ്ടാകാത്ത ഒരു പരീക്ഷണവും നിങ്ങൾക്ക് നേരിട്ടിട്ടില്ല. ഉറച്ചുനില്‌ക്കുവാനുള്ള നിങ്ങളുടെ ശക്തിക്കതീതമായ പരീക്ഷണങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടാകുവാൻ ദൈവം അനുവദിക്കുകയില്ല; പരീക്ഷണത്തിനു നിങ്ങളെ വിധേയരാക്കുമ്പോൾ അതു സഹിക്കുവാനുള്ള ശക്തിയും നീക്കുപോക്കും അവിടുന്നു നിങ്ങൾക്കു നല്‌കുന്നു. ദൈവം വിശ്വസ്തനാണല്ലോ.

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ഞാനവനുള്ളം കയ്യിലിരിക്കയാൽ
ആരുമില്ലെനിക്കു ദോഷം ചെയ്യുവാൻ
ഇന്നെനിക്കു വന്നു നേരിടുന്നതെല്ലാം
തൻ ഹിതമാണെന്നു ഞാനറിയുന്നു;-

എൻ തലയിലെ മുടികളുമെല്ലാം
നിർണ്ണയമവനെണ്ണിയറിയുന്നു
ഒന്നതിൽ നിലത്തു വീണിടേണമെങ്കിൽ
ഉന്നതനറിഞ്ഞേ സാദ്ധ്യമായിടൂ;-

The miracle of brother's song

**Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling. They found out that the new baby was going be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in Mommy’s tummy. He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.

The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen, an active member of the Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee.  But serious complications arose during delivery and Karen found herself in hours of labor. 

Finally, after a long struggle, Michael’s little sister was born. Her name was Marlee..But she was in very serious condition. With a siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushed the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.

The days inched by. The little girl marlee got worse. The pediatrician had to tell the parents there is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst. Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery about a burial plot. They had fixed up a special room in their house for their new baby they found themselves having to plan for a funeral. Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister.

“I want to sing to her,” he kept saying. Week two in intensive care looked as if a funeral would come before the week was over. Michael kept nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. Karen decided to take Michael whether they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister right then, he may never see her alive. She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket. The head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed, ” Get that kid out of here now. No children are allowed.”

The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, her lips a firm line. He is not leaving until he sings to his sister” she stated.

Then Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. After a moment, he began tossing. In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray.” Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond. The pulse rate began to calm down and become steady.

“Keep on singing, Michael,” encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. “You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away. “As Michael sang to his sister, the baby’s ragged, strained breathing became as smooth as a kitten’s purr. “Keep on singing, sweetheart.”

“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms”. Her brother’s song seemed to cause his little sister to relax as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her. “Keep singing, Michael.” Tears had now conquered the face of the bossy head nurse. Karen glowed. “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”

The next, day… the very next day… the little girl was well enough to go home. Woman’s Day Magazine called it The Miracle of a Brother’s Song. The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love.

NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE...

. LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.. ... 

###Visit some one in deep sorrow.. Take your phone and dial a friend in distress or depression... Sing a song of Jesus love for God's glory.... Wait and see the miracle... 

Start singing now 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

*marlee ... A singer for God's glory now. 

Thanks for God's grace and her brother Michael's song 

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*There's a true story told about two servants of God who were visiting an orphanage in Russia. There were about a hundred boys and girls in the orphanage who had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government run program. One of the missionaries tells the story of the orphans very first Christmas. The missionary writes, "We told them about Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem, finding no room at the Inn and how the couple had to go to a stable where the baby Jesus was born and placed in a manger." He went to on to say that throughout the story the children and staff sat in amazement as they listened, on edge of their seats trying to grasp every word. When they completed the story they gave each child three small pieces of cardboard to make a manger.

Each child was given a small paper square cut from a yellow napkin that one of the God's servants had brought with him because there was no colored paper available in the city. Following instructions, the children tore the napkin paper into strips to make hay for the manger. Small squares of flannel, cut from a worn out nightgown were used for the baby's blanket and a "doll like baby" was cut from pieces of tan felt, again that the missionaries had brought with them. As the orphans were busy assembling their mangers, one of the missionaries was walking among them to see if they needed help. As he looked at one little boy's manger he saw not one, but two babies. He quickly called for a translator to ask the boy why there were two babes in his manger.

Crossing his arms in front of him and looking at his completed manger scene the child began to repeat the story very seriously. He related the story quite accurately until he came to the part where Mary put the baby Jesus in the manger. He made up his own ending to the story as he said, "And when Mary laid the baby in the manger, Jesus looked at me and asked if I had a place to stay? I told him I have no Momma and no Poppa so I don't have any place to stay. Then Jesus told me I could stay with him. But I told him I couldn't, cause I didn't have a gift to give to him like everyone else. But I wanted to stay with Jesus so bad that I thought about something that I could maybe use as a gift. I thought maybe if I kept him warm, that would be a good gift. So I asked Jesus, 'If I keep you warm, will that be a good enough gift?' And Jesus told me, 'If you keep me warm that will be the best gift anybody ever gave me.' So I got into the manger, and Jesus looked up at me and told me I could stay with him, for always." This little orphan had found someone who would never abandon him; never abuse him, someone who would stay with him for always. 

Truth is, there are many times in life when we all need to be children again, times when we need nothing more than to just be held and loved. 

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